Our 'Fencing Score Pads' are designed to assist you to keep a progress report for your fencing season. Fencing Score Pads provide a simple easy way to record your results, and to show your coach how you have been fencing.

Fencers are grouped by which weapon they use and then are divided into "Pools" of 5-10 fencers for each pool. Consideration is given to previous experience which is indicated by the fencer’s classification and/or ranking on the National Point List. A fencer with an "A" classification is the highest, a fencer with a "U" is unclassified, and is ranked lower.

The most important part of a score is how many victories a fencer has achieved in their pool. The fencer with the highest number of wins gets ranked the highest. Since ties are common each fencer’s "Indicators" will be used to break all ties, the higher the indicator the better. Indicators are determined by subtracting the difference between the number of touches scored (TS) and the number of touches received (TR.) It is possible to get a negative number which would "indicate" that the fencer got hit more often then the opponent. Positive "indicators" mean the fencer struck the opponent more often than the opponent scored. This total - the "Indicator" (TI) is also recorded on the score sheet after all the bouts have been fenced for this particular pool.

When you look at your score sheet  you’ll notice a chart in the center, along the top and left edges are numbers from 1-10. Each fencer is assigned a number from 1-10. Use these boxes in the grid to record the score for each bout. You can mark all of the touches a fencer scores along the horizontal row, and you can record all of the touches that a fencer receives in the vertical column. Since placement of the results are essential in calculation of the final scores, you need to be very careful where you enter the scores from each bout.

After the pool is completed you’ll need to figure out everyone’s final score. To do this the first step is to look along the horizontal row for each fencer and record how many victories each fencer received in the column marked ‘V’. Then you’ll need to find out how many indicators each fencer has. To do this add up all the touches scored (numbers in the horizontal rows) and record them in the column marked ‘TS.’ Then add all the touches received (numbers in the vertical column) and record that number in the column marked ‘TR.’ The next step is to subtract the number in column ‘TR’ from the number in column ‘TS’ and record that number in column ‘TI’ (for Total Indicator) the higher number wins the tie. Remember that indicators are only used to break ties, the number of victories is always the first factor in the final score. This result from the pool is used for placement in the "DE" or Direct Elimination bouts.

* Suggestion: WRITE the name of the competition next to the word "Name"

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